Scientology is the Antithesis of Humanistic Psychology

What is it about?

This article describes my concerns regarding John Wolfe's recent positive context article about Scientology in The Humanistic Psychologist. Based upon both my experiences with Scientology in the 1970;s, and my background as a humanistic psychology, I have described how in some extremely disturbing ways the practices of Scientology are the antithesis of the essential values of humanistic psychology.

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Why is it important?

What is important about my article is that my perspective is based both upon my previous background in Scientology as well as my more recent and current background in humanistic psychology. While I agree that all relevant subject matter should be investigated as part of science, I also think that it is important to provide a balance of viewpoints. The previous article by Wolfe, which was reinforced in the subsequent commentary by Harris Friedman, discussed Scientology in a positive light and compared it favorably to humanistic psychology, and my viewpoint is entirely different about this, and I believe it is beneficial for The Humanistic Psychologist readers to see both viewpoints.

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